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On 08/22/2014 09:02 PM, Anne Gentle wrote:
>
>
>     /flame-on
>     Let's call spades, spades here.  Czar is not only overkill, but
>     the wrong metaphor.
>     /flame-off
>
>
> I'm with Rocky on the anti-czar-as-a-word camp. We all like clever 
> names to shed the "corporate" stigma but this word ain't it. Liaison 
> or lead?
>
> Also wanted to point to https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/PTLguide as 
> it's quite nice.


In the Linux Kernel world they are called Lieutenants, but they are per 
sub system.  I'm  guessing that is more like the PTL role today.  THe 
etymology is good, to, as a Lieutenant is one who "stands in Lieu of the 
commander."

I think that some projects probably need to divvy up the roles along 
different line.  For example, in Keystone, we have KVS, SQL and LDAP 
backends.  Morgan's been the KVS guy due to rewriting things for 
Dogpile, and I've been kind of the LDAP guy since I was originally 
responsible for that.  I suspect the same is true of other projects.

Many of the roles you listed (Bug, etc) are straight PTL 
responsibilities in my book.  What is lacking is a structure over 
delegating out some subset of that responsibility:  no regular bug 
triage meeting, etc.  I'd rather not throw all bug-triage onto one 
persons shoulders, as it really should be a team effort.





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